At the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games, there were 17 world records broken during the competition. This was the lowest the figure had been since before 2004. The Summer Olympics with the most world records broken came during Beijing 2008, when 30 new records were set.
Number of world records broken at the Olympic Summer Games from 2004 to 2024
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Sky News. (August 10, 2024). Number of world records broken at the Olympic Summer Games from 2004 to 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 06, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1484833/world-records-broken-summer-olympics/
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